Funny you mention that Brendan, cause just today there was an article on that in USA Today...bout how people theorize about the "real" meaning of the show, etc. If you are a fan you would enjoy the article, suppose it's up on their webiste. I missed the first few episodes and wish I hadn't. Cause if it doesn't get too loony they can really do some things with that premise. What's the deal with some dude hearing radio waves??? And the eternal question...Mary Ann or Ginger??? I still go with Lovey...give me the cash...

Sorry, Sang, Otie, and all--it's not The Emily Procter Hour. The only drama I try to watch every week: Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Much better than the other L&Os and the CSIs.
Vincent D'Onofrio stars as a detective who really has a way of getting inside the suspects' heads--excellent actor, excellent character, solid stories that are neither cliched nor at all gory.

I watched CSI: New York tonight, and I am reminded how much I feel my time is wasted on all the forensic stuff in the CSIs and elsewhere anymore: grisly dissections and other lurid handling of corpses in various states of damage and decomposition, constant dusting for fingerprints and other technical procedures for evidence gathering, lab machines that don't exist in the real world (to a smooth-modern soundtrack)--probably 15 minutes of each CSI episode.

On L&O:CI they don't waste time with courtroom and other legal wrangling, either, like on the original L&O, though they do deal with the D.A.'s office (Courtney Vance) in formulating strategy. Also, D'Onofrio doesn't go out of his way to be a grim hard*ss cop all the time, like the guy and Martiska Hargitay on L&O: SVU and everybody on NYPD Blue. He psychologically intimidates the perps, but at first subtly--without verbally or physically brutalizing them (the latter of course provides a cheap vicarious thrill for many viewers). Once he's certain which suspect is the perp, he gradually turns up the mental heat, before going in for the kill at the end of the episode.

L&O: CI doesn't delve much into the detectives' personal lives, like NYPD Blue, especially--just expound the mystery and show D'Onofrio (as Det. Robert Goren) and his partner (Det. Eames) piecing the bits and pieces all together and figuring out how to get to the perps. D'Onofrio portrays Goren with plenty of interesting personal idiosyncrasies, and we know Goren's mother's mental illness spurred an early attraction to psychology in him, but we don't need to be distracted with personal melodrama extraneous to the mystery solving.

Sundays at 8 CST on NBC.

[Edited on 2004.11.18 by PeterNelson]

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PBS's science, nature and history shows in general:
NOVA
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Any of Ken Burn's series
and on Sundays......
Football,Football, and...Football(go Steelers!)
BTW- What about the hoo-hah over the intro on Monday Night Football this week?
It was pretty tame, really,and funny.

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quote:Funny you mention that Brendan, cause just today there was an article on that in USA Today...bout how people theorize about the "real" meaning of the show, etc. If you are a fan you would enjoy the article, suppose it's up on their webiste. I missed the first few episodes and wish I hadn't. Cause if it doesn't get too loony they can really do some things with that premise. What's the deal with some dude hearing radio waves??? And the eternal question...Mary Ann or Ginger??? I still go with Lovey...give me the cash...

You should check it out anyway. And, every other Saturday, ABC runs the past two episodes back to back, so you can catch up a bit. The only problem starting now is that you've missed a lot of the background of the various characters. I would explain some, but it would literally take hours.

Seinfeld (cant wait for the renunion show!)Family Guy (35 new episodes in March '05)SimpsonsQueer Eye for the Straight Guy (funny as hell and some awesome stuff they do with peoples lives)Practically anything on DiscoveryGhost Hunters (dont know about this one yet, but its ok so far)MythbustersAmerican Chopper (they need to show Police Bike 2 so I can get closure)Antiques RoadshowAre You Being Served? (Britcom)Fear Factor (are you afraid? You shouldnt be...)

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